It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Abu Talib passed away, I went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "Your old uncle has died." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go and hide him in a pit, and do not do any other work before coming to me." So when I had lowered him into a pit and returned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said to me: "Go and take a bath, and do not do any other work before coming to me." So I took a bath and presented myself in the court of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me so many supplications that I would not have been as happy to receive red or black camels in exchange. The narrator says that after this, whenever Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a bath to a deceased person, he would also take a bath himself.